Deep History, Deepening Collaborations

64 Conservation Conversation III Unlocking the Past — Preserving the Future This autumn, leading conservators from the Core Partner institutions within the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland research programme will discuss the challenge of safeguarding historical documents and the power of new technologies to unlock information once thought to be irrecoverable. Participants • Zoë Keeper, Keeper, Public Services and Collections, National Archives Ireland, (moderator) • Jessica Baldwin, Senior Conservator, National Archives Ireland • Sarah Graham, Head of Conservation, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland • Marc Vermeulen, The National Archives UK Format: Webinar. Registration: Online from Autumn 2023. The third in an ongoing series of Conservation Conversations , facilitated by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland with Core Partners. The inaugural ‘Conversation’ was hosted by The National Archives (UK) to mark the 99th Anniversary of the Four Courts blaze in June 2021. In May 2022, conservators from three Core Archival Partners convened as part of a centenary programme of public engagement: ‘A Century of Recovery — and Beyond’. Above: Conservation of 1922 Salved Records. Credit: National Archives, Ireland.